Mumbai: The state govt on Monday announced that school vans with up to 12 seats plus a driver will be permitted to ferry students across the state, according to a state govt press release. This move has been strongly opposed by school bus owners, who have given an ultimatum of 15 days to the govt…
Bollywood actor John Abraham has appealed to the Chief Justice of India, urging a review of the Supreme Court’s order to relocate Delhi’s community dogs. Abraham argues the directive is illegal, impractical, and inhumane, conflicting with existing Animal Birth Control Rules. NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor John Abraham on Tuesday urged Chief Justice of India Justice…
Pune: An 8-foot-long mugger crocodile was rescued recently from a water supply lake in Solapur district’s Akluj by a team from the state forest department and RESQ Charitable Trust.Ashish Thakre, chief conservator of forests, Pune Circle,said, “The crocodile’s safe capture and relocation was requested in light of upcoming construction to expand the lake’s capacity.” A…
Mumbai: A protest has been called after a civic-run school in Colaba shifted all classes for 1,300 English medium students to online mode after the municipal corporation’s school infrastructure cell declared the school building unsafe. This decision affects half of the 2,800 students enrolled across the school’s Marathi, Urdu, Kannada and English medium sections.Parents and…
NEW DEHI: A newly constructed residential complex for parliamentarians offers spacious living, modern amenities and eco-friendly features.The complex, located near the Parliament House, comprises four 25-storey towers named after major rivers — Kosi, Krishna, Godavari and Hooghly — with a total of 184 type-VII flats. Each flat has a carpet area of approximately 5,000 square…
Pune: A 30-year-old Nepalese national was arrested on Sunday on the charge of assaulting a software engineer (27) with a beer bottle late on Saturday night on the premises of a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Hinjewadi.The victim suffered a fracture to his jaw, besides head injuries. The attack was the fallout of the victim’s…
In Malabar Hill, a 75-year-old woman, Neeta Shah, tragically died after coming into contact with the rear tyre of a BEST bus on route 105. The incident occurred near the Sahyadri guest house when the driver heard a sound and discovered the injured pedestrian. MUMBAI: An elderly woman died in Malabar Hill on Tuesday morning…
NEW DELHI: The recent Supreme Court directive mandating the relocation of all stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region to shelters has ignited a wave of public discourse. Amid the rising public discourse, actor and comedian Vir Das took to Instagram on Monday evening, appealing to residents of Delhi to adopt stray dogs. “If you are…
Pune: A woman (73) registered a complaint with the Shivajinagar police on Friday, stating that thieves stole her gold chain worth Rs 1 lakh while she was boarding a crowded PMPML bus near the PMC. TNN Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays,…
NOIDA: A newly commissioned 33/11 kV substation in Sector 28 of the Yamuna Authority area has been energised and is now supplying electricity to nearly adozen villages in the Jewar region, marking a boost in rural power distribution in Gautam Budh Nagar.Villages such as Muradgarhi, Veerampur, Chakveerampur, and Nagla Shahpur in Rabupura, Jewar, have started…
